With No Cooks, Soldiers Were Minus Their Bread…But Officers Wired to
Monroe, and Citizens Came to Their Rescue With Auto Load of Biscuits and Loaves
Pennsylvania
soldiers, who passed through here in droves Saturday and Sunday, entertained
the citizens of Monroe with music and drills, but the local folks had an opportunity
to do the troops a favor Sunday night when a message was received here stating
that a troop train was minus its daily bread, owing to the lack of cooks, and
with the request that people here get all they could in town for them.
Immediately there
was a stir and a bustle. Ladies went home and soon the odor of cooking biscuits
was abroad. Grocery store proprietors were notified of the predicament of the
Pennsiylvania troops,and they did their share by donating all the bread in
their respective shops. By the time the train arrived, nearly an auto load was
had, and it was all turned over to the soldiers.
An officer of the
company, in appreciation of the courtesy extended by the Monroe folks, handed
Mr. G.B. Caldwell the following note:
“We the men of the first
squad of Co. M, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, wish to thank the people
of Monroe for their kindness during our stop.”
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